Re: GUI desktop autologin options

2017-04-19 Thread Andre Smagin
On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:44:05 -0700
"Sha'ul"  wrote:

> I'm trying to figure how setup an auto login from boot to some kind of GUI
> desktop interface. What are my options? I'm not interested in Gnome 3, but
> I will use anything else like Lumina, KDE, XFCE, etc. as long as it can
> load straight into desktop environment when I turn on computer. Which
> ones, besides Gnome 3, support autologin?

Just add to /etc/X11/xenodm/xenodm-config

DisplayManager.*.autoLogin: your_user_name

enable xenodm in /etc/rc.conf.local with

xenodm_flags=

and add the startup command for your window manager to ~/.xsession

If I remember correctly, it's something like
xfce4-session || startkde || gnome-session || xterm
to start those DEs. Other window managers are more straightforward and
usually use their name as the main executable.



Re: GUI desktop autologin options

2017-04-19 Thread Sha'ul
You can't click on Shut Down and leave the computer to turn off on its own?

I'm using slim as the Display Manager on 6.1-RELEASE on my main laptop,
with Lumina for the time being as my DE. I just added the following to the
end of /etc/slim.conf and it does auto-login for me. Frustratingly, "log
out" immediately logs me back in instead of prompting. If you're okay with
that, then give it a go.

auto_login  yes
default_useraxon

Slim obeys the .xsession script for whatever Desktop Environment or Window
Manager you've chosen, or you can adjust the default sessions in slim.conf
as well. Both my .xsession and .xinitrc contain this line that starts up
Lumina.

exec start-lumina-desktop

Cheers

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Sha'ul  wrote:

> I'm trying to figure how setup an auto login from boot to some kind of
> GUI
> desktop interface. What are my options? I'm not interested in Gnome 3,
> but
> I will use anything else like Lumina, KDE, XFCE, etc. as long as it can
> load straight into desktop environment when I turn on computer. Which
> ones, besides Gnome 3, support autologin?
>
>





Re: GUI desktop autologin options

2017-04-18 Thread Ax0n
Also, check the man page for the new XenoDM in base. It appears to offer
autologin via Xresources. I haven't gotten myself familiarized with it yet,
but I'd recommend looking at that before installing a third party display
manager if you want to be dropped straight into a user session on boot.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Ax0n  wrote:

> I'm using slim as the Display Manager on 6.1-RELEASE on my main laptop,
> with Lumina for the time being as my DE. I just added the following to the
> end of /etc/slim.conf and it does auto-login for me. Frustratingly, "log
> out" immediately logs me back in instead of prompting. If you're okay with
> that, then give it a go.
>
> auto_login  yes
> default_useraxon
>
> Slim obeys the .xsession script for whatever Desktop Environment or Window
> Manager you've chosen, or you can adjust the default sessions in slim.conf
> as well. Both my .xsession and .xinitrc contain this line that starts up
> Lumina.
>
> exec start-lumina-desktop
>
> Cheers
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Sha'ul  wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to figure how setup an auto login from boot to some kind of GUI
>> desktop interface. What are my options? I'm not interested in Gnome 3, but
>> I will use anything else like Lumina, KDE, XFCE, etc. as long as it can
>> load straight into desktop environment when I turn on computer. Which
>> ones, besides Gnome 3, support autologin?
>>
>>
>


Re: GUI desktop autologin options

2017-04-18 Thread Ax0n
I'm using slim as the Display Manager on 6.1-RELEASE on my main laptop,
with Lumina for the time being as my DE. I just added the following to the
end of /etc/slim.conf and it does auto-login for me. Frustratingly, "log
out" immediately logs me back in instead of prompting. If you're okay with
that, then give it a go.

auto_login  yes
default_useraxon

Slim obeys the .xsession script for whatever Desktop Environment or Window
Manager you've chosen, or you can adjust the default sessions in slim.conf
as well. Both my .xsession and .xinitrc contain this line that starts up
Lumina.

exec start-lumina-desktop

Cheers

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Sha'ul  wrote:

> I'm trying to figure how setup an auto login from boot to some kind of GUI
> desktop interface. What are my options? I'm not interested in Gnome 3, but
> I will use anything else like Lumina, KDE, XFCE, etc. as long as it can
> load straight into desktop environment when I turn on computer. Which
> ones, besides Gnome 3, support autologin?
>
>


GUI desktop autologin options

2017-04-18 Thread Sha'ul
I'm trying to figure how setup an auto login from boot to some kind of GUI
desktop interface. What are my options? I'm not interested in Gnome 3, but
I will use anything else like Lumina, KDE, XFCE, etc. as long as it can
load straight into desktop environment when I turn on computer. Which
ones, besides Gnome 3, support autologin?